@kkaiser.bsky.social
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Trump just repeated again that China just builds wind turbines but did not use them themselves.
Truth is :they actually do. China has more wind power than any other country.
Truth is :they actually do. China has more wind power than any other country.
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Trump just repeated again that China just builds wind turbines but did not use them themselves.
Truth is :they actually do. China has more wind power than any other country.
Truth is :they actually do. China has more wind power than any other country.
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🚨 NEW RECORD | China exported a RECORD 455 GW equivalent of solar PV products in 2025 – about TWICE the total solar capacity in the US ☀️
🇨🇳's solar exports in 2025 grew 29% from 354 GW in 2024, with cell exports DOUBLING year-on-year.
Explore the data: https://loom.ly/QN9barE
🇨🇳's solar exports in 2025 grew 29% from 354 GW in 2024, with cell exports DOUBLING year-on-year.
Explore the data: https://loom.ly/QN9barE
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM
🚨 NEW RECORD | China exported a RECORD 455 GW equivalent of solar PV products in 2025 – about TWICE the total solar capacity in the US ☀️
🇨🇳's solar exports in 2025 grew 29% from 354 GW in 2024, with cell exports DOUBLING year-on-year.
Explore the data: https://loom.ly/QN9barE
🇨🇳's solar exports in 2025 grew 29% from 354 GW in 2024, with cell exports DOUBLING year-on-year.
Explore the data: https://loom.ly/QN9barE
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Good morning with good news: Plug-in EVs were 59% of China's auto sales in December 2025, with 1.34 million sold!
That is up from 48% in December 2024.
BEV were 35% in 12/2025, compared to 25% in 12/2024.
China may reach 100% EV sales by 2035!
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/20/a... #energysky
That is up from 48% in December 2024.
BEV were 35% in 12/2025, compared to 25% in 12/2024.
China may reach 100% EV sales by 2035!
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/20/a... #energysky
January 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Good morning with good news: Plug-in EVs were 59% of China's auto sales in December 2025, with 1.34 million sold!
That is up from 48% in December 2024.
BEV were 35% in 12/2025, compared to 25% in 12/2024.
China may reach 100% EV sales by 2035!
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/20/a... #energysky
That is up from 48% in December 2024.
BEV were 35% in 12/2025, compared to 25% in 12/2024.
China may reach 100% EV sales by 2035!
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/20/a... #energysky
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Rooftop #PV enjoys record month of installations at the end of 2025, as the home #battery boom continues.
Australian households add record amounts of rooftop PV, as home battery installations top 4.3 GWh
Rooftop PV enjoys record month of installations at the end of 2025, as the home battery boom continues.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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Technology gains mean that one ship load of solar #PV panels is now worth more to the grid than 120 #coal carriers, or 57 #LNG tankers.
One ship loaded with solar PV is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal-carriers
Technology gains mean that one ship load of solar PV panels is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal carriers, or 57 LNG tankers.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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#Ireland’s oldest #wind farm decommissioned to make way for expansion of adjoining project that will feature 18 #turbines – each bigger than the entire project they replace.
Ireland’s oldest wind farm closes down to make way for one of Europe’s largest projects
Ireland's oldest wind farm decommissioned to make way for expansion of adjoining project that will feature 18 turbines - each bigger than the entire project they replace.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
#Ireland’s oldest #wind farm decommissioned to make way for expansion of adjoining project that will feature 18 #turbines – each bigger than the entire project they replace.
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#AkayshaEnergy completes its second big battery project – five months ahead of schedule – and its first with #Tesla Megapack technology.
New Queensland big battery now fully operational five months ahead of schedule
Akaysha Energy completes its second big battery project - five months ahead of schedule - and its first with Tesla Megapack technology.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 AM
#AkayshaEnergy completes its second big battery project – five months ahead of schedule – and its first with #Tesla Megapack technology.
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Good climate news this (last) week
1 Strong 8.4GW UK offshore wind auction boosts plan to decarbonize country by 2030
2 Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records
3 EVs outsold petrol cars for 1st time in China in 2025
1/4
1 Strong 8.4GW UK offshore wind auction boosts plan to decarbonize country by 2030
2 Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records
3 EVs outsold petrol cars for 1st time in China in 2025
1/4
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Good climate news this (last) week
1 Strong 8.4GW UK offshore wind auction boosts plan to decarbonize country by 2030
2 Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records
3 EVs outsold petrol cars for 1st time in China in 2025
1/4
1 Strong 8.4GW UK offshore wind auction boosts plan to decarbonize country by 2030
2 Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records
3 EVs outsold petrol cars for 1st time in China in 2025
1/4
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In California, batteries are shifting midday solar into the evening, turning it into dispatchable all-day electricity.
Together, solar and batteries are the clean flexibility duo reshaping California’s grid ☀️🤝🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
Together, solar and batteries are the clean flexibility duo reshaping California’s grid ☀️🤝🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
In California, batteries are shifting midday solar into the evening, turning it into dispatchable all-day electricity.
Together, solar and batteries are the clean flexibility duo reshaping California’s grid ☀️🤝🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
Together, solar and batteries are the clean flexibility duo reshaping California’s grid ☀️🤝🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
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Good morning with good news: Solar set a new record high for global installations at ~655 GW in 2025. That is 6.5 times the 101 GW of solar installed globally in 2017!
RE exceeded coal generation in 2025 due to record high solar and wind deployment.
www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations #energysky
RE exceeded coal generation in 2025 due to record high solar and wind deployment.
www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations #energysky
January 19, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Good morning with good news: Solar set a new record high for global installations at ~655 GW in 2025. That is 6.5 times the 101 GW of solar installed globally in 2017!
RE exceeded coal generation in 2025 due to record high solar and wind deployment.
www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations #energysky
RE exceeded coal generation in 2025 due to record high solar and wind deployment.
www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations #energysky
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Solar met all daytime US electricity demand growth in 2025 ☀️🇺🇸
And rapid battery expansion means more evening demand is now being met by stored clean power, underscoring how solar and storage are working together to reshape the power system 🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
And rapid battery expansion means more evening demand is now being met by stored clean power, underscoring how solar and storage are working together to reshape the power system 🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Solar met all daytime US electricity demand growth in 2025 ☀️🇺🇸
And rapid battery expansion means more evening demand is now being met by stored clean power, underscoring how solar and storage are working together to reshape the power system 🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
And rapid battery expansion means more evening demand is now being met by stored clean power, underscoring how solar and storage are working together to reshape the power system 🔋
https://loom.ly/g1n2Vn0
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Good morning with good news: Three!
Three federal judges have ruled illegal three Trump's orders blocking three offshore wind farms!
Trump's attack on wind of all types and solar is not only horrendous energy policy but also often flatly illegal.
electrek.co/2026/01/16/u... #energysky
Three federal judges have ruled illegal three Trump's orders blocking three offshore wind farms!
Trump's attack on wind of all types and solar is not only horrendous energy policy but also often flatly illegal.
electrek.co/2026/01/16/u... #energysky
US's largest offshore wind farm can resume construction, in a third blow to Trump
A federal judge today issued an order granting a preliminary injunction allowing construction to resume on the 2.6-GW CVOW project.
electrek.co
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Good morning with good news: Three!
Three federal judges have ruled illegal three Trump's orders blocking three offshore wind farms!
Trump's attack on wind of all types and solar is not only horrendous energy policy but also often flatly illegal.
electrek.co/2026/01/16/u... #energysky
Three federal judges have ruled illegal three Trump's orders blocking three offshore wind farms!
Trump's attack on wind of all types and solar is not only horrendous energy policy but also often flatly illegal.
electrek.co/2026/01/16/u... #energysky
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The world isn’t “choosing” clean energy out of kindness. It’s switching because solar and wind are cheaper, faster to build, and now paired with batteries.
Fossil power is losing on cost, speed, and relevance.
This isn’t a trend.
It’s replacement.
#Renewables #EnergyEconomics #Solar #Wind #BESS
Fossil power is losing on cost, speed, and relevance.
This isn’t a trend.
It’s replacement.
#Renewables #EnergyEconomics #Solar #Wind #BESS
January 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The world isn’t “choosing” clean energy out of kindness. It’s switching because solar and wind are cheaper, faster to build, and now paired with batteries.
Fossil power is losing on cost, speed, and relevance.
This isn’t a trend.
It’s replacement.
#Renewables #EnergyEconomics #Solar #Wind #BESS
Fossil power is losing on cost, speed, and relevance.
This isn’t a trend.
It’s replacement.
#Renewables #EnergyEconomics #Solar #Wind #BESS
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2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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The total volume of #Arctic sea ice has been at or near record low levels for every day since late October.
More graphics of thickness and volume: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
More graphics of thickness and volume: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
The total volume of #Arctic sea ice has been at or near record low levels for every day since late October.
More graphics of thickness and volume: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
More graphics of thickness and volume: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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Just 1 ship packed with solar panels delivers the means to produce as much electricity as 57 LNG tankers or 120 coal ships
A world with little fossil fuels has an enormously lighter footprint - starting with zero need for 40% of global shipping
reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...
A world with little fossil fuels has an enormously lighter footprint - starting with zero need for 40% of global shipping
reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Just 1 ship packed with solar panels delivers the means to produce as much electricity as 57 LNG tankers or 120 coal ships
A world with little fossil fuels has an enormously lighter footprint - starting with zero need for 40% of global shipping
reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...
A world with little fossil fuels has an enormously lighter footprint - starting with zero need for 40% of global shipping
reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...
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No-brainer: if you have a retired fossil plant with an interconnection - add battery storage.
#energysky
news.duke-energy.com/releases/duk...
#energysky
news.duke-energy.com/releases/duk...
Duke Energy brings new grid battery on line at former Allen coal plant
Duke Energy has brought on line a 50-megawatt, four-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) at its former Allen coal plant on Lake Wylie, serving customers in North Carolina and South Carolina, and ...
news.duke-energy.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
No-brainer: if you have a retired fossil plant with an interconnection - add battery storage.
#energysky
news.duke-energy.com/releases/duk...
#energysky
news.duke-energy.com/releases/duk...
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Now THIS is an infographic! Solar... not only does it use the sun as fuel wherever it's deployed, it also doesn't need continuous feeding and intensive maintenance via an ongoing global supply chain, for ever and ever. #EnergySky #ConservationAbundance
January 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Now THIS is an infographic! Solar... not only does it use the sun as fuel wherever it's deployed, it also doesn't need continuous feeding and intensive maintenance via an ongoing global supply chain, for ever and ever. #EnergySky #ConservationAbundance
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Great story by @mariagallucci.bsky.social on how Trump forcing all Department of Interior reviews of clean energy projects to get personal approval from DOI Secretary Doug Burgum has stifled 22GW of development in the midst of an energy crisis:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
22GW of renewables thwarted or in limbo under Trump ‘blockade’
An Interior Department memo is hampering wind and solar on public lands. It’s one of many federal actions slowing the build-out of cheap, clean energy.
www.canarymedia.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Great story by @mariagallucci.bsky.social on how Trump forcing all Department of Interior reviews of clean energy projects to get personal approval from DOI Secretary Doug Burgum has stifled 22GW of development in the midst of an energy crisis:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
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The biggest US solar-storage project yet takes shape in California #energysky -- via Canary Media:
The biggest US solar-storage project yet takes shape in California
Westlands Water District approved 21 gigawatts of solar and batteries on water-parched fields in the Central Valley, giving farmers a way to profit from…
www.canarymedia.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The biggest US solar-storage project yet takes shape in California #energysky -- via Canary Media:
Those radicals at the Bloomberg energy desk estimate that the heating of the country has already cost Americans a trillion dollars in what Mark Gongloff calls a “stealth heat tax.”
A Stealth Heat Tax Has Already Cost Americans $1 Trillion
A hotter planet is making life more expensive. There’s the big-ticket stuff, of course, like the property losses and higher insurance premiums that come with supercharged natural disasters. But a deep...
www.bloomberg.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Those radicals at the Bloomberg energy desk estimate that the heating of the country has already cost Americans a trillion dollars in what Mark Gongloff calls a “stealth heat tax.”
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"We are living through the darkest moment I can remember, and in that moment one of the few bright lights—literal and metaphorical—comes from small-scale solar."
I'll take whatever good news I can get these days, and this is wonderful. Thanks yet again, @billmckibben.bsky.social.
I'll take whatever good news I can get these days, and this is wonderful. Thanks yet again, @billmckibben.bsky.social.
Solar as Solidarity
It's not just for saving planets any more
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"We are living through the darkest moment I can remember, and in that moment one of the few bright lights—literal and metaphorical—comes from small-scale solar."
I'll take whatever good news I can get these days, and this is wonderful. Thanks yet again, @billmckibben.bsky.social.
I'll take whatever good news I can get these days, and this is wonderful. Thanks yet again, @billmckibben.bsky.social.
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US solar generation rose by 83 TWh (+27%) in 2025!
It provided 61% of the 135 TWh rise in electricity demand, as electricity demand rose by 3.1% – the fourth largest rate in a decade.
Solar is vital to meeting rising electricity demand!
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
It provided 61% of the 135 TWh rise in electricity demand, as electricity demand rose by 3.1% – the fourth largest rate in a decade.
Solar is vital to meeting rising electricity demand!
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
Solar met 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025 | Ember
ember-energy.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
US solar generation rose by 83 TWh (+27%) in 2025!
It provided 61% of the 135 TWh rise in electricity demand, as electricity demand rose by 3.1% – the fourth largest rate in a decade.
Solar is vital to meeting rising electricity demand!
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
It provided 61% of the 135 TWh rise in electricity demand, as electricity demand rose by 3.1% – the fourth largest rate in a decade.
Solar is vital to meeting rising electricity demand!
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
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"California’s utility solar and battery generation has risen by 58%, yet generation at the sunniest hour of the day has risen by just 8%."
Batteries are delivering solar after dark!
Batteries make it possible to deliver solar in all hours of the day!
Batteries change the game.
#energysky
Batteries are delivering solar after dark!
Batteries make it possible to deliver solar in all hours of the day!
Batteries change the game.
#energysky
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"California’s utility solar and battery generation has risen by 58%, yet generation at the sunniest hour of the day has risen by just 8%."
Batteries are delivering solar after dark!
Batteries make it possible to deliver solar in all hours of the day!
Batteries change the game.
#energysky
Batteries are delivering solar after dark!
Batteries make it possible to deliver solar in all hours of the day!
Batteries change the game.
#energysky
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After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...